Fastest€41.59
- Intercity I651210:002h 49m12:49Alicante TerminalBarcelona Sants
Door to door 3h 33mCO2 13.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Alicante to Barcelona train
Trains from Alicante to Barcelona start at €41.04 and take 3h 33m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Alicante to Barcelona on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Alicante to Barcelona starts at €41.04 and takes 3h 33m door to door, run by 2 operators over 407 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 33mDoor to door
- 2h 49mMoving
- €53.69 to €99.89From
- 06:13 to 18:30First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 13.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€53.69 to €99.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Renfe runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €97.14Fri18
- about €99.89Sat19
- about €78.44Sun20
- about €67.99Mon21
- about €72.39Tue22
- about €75.69Wed23
- about €69.09Thu24
- about €64.69Fri25
- about €65.24Sat26
- about €60.84Sun27
- about €55.34Mon28
- about €53.69Tue29
- about €55.34Wed30
- about €55.34Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Intercity | €41.59 |
 Renfe | €41.04 |
The train gets you into Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Barcelona for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Barcelona Sants and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Alicante to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.9890 days
- €15.5860 days
- €17.7845 days
- €19.4330 days
- €23.2821 days
- €23.2814 days
- €29.337 days
- €33.733 days
- €40.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €40.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €26.58Sun
- €23.28Mon
- €23.28Tue
- €23.83Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €28.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Alicante
Rail
- Alicante Terminal
- Alacant-Terminal
Barcelona
Rail
- Barcelona Sants
- Barcelona Estació de França
- Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 407 km against 407 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Alicante at 06:13 and the last at 18:30, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 33m | 2h 49m | 44m | €41.04 | 13.4 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 4h 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €38.49 | 103.1 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 6h 9m | 5h 25m | 44m | €18.88 | 11.0 kg | 16 |
| Ferry | 13h 16m | 11h 46m | 1h 30m | €23.99 | 46.8 kg | 4 |
Questions about Alicante to Barcelona
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Alicante to Barcelona take?
The Train from Alicante to Barcelona takes 3h 33m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 407 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Alicante to Barcelona cost?
The Train from Alicante to Barcelona starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €50.39. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Alicante to Barcelona?
2 operators run the Train from Alicante to Barcelona: Intercity, Renfe. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Alicante to Barcelona use?
The Train from Alicante to Barcelona leaves from Alicante Terminal and arrives at Barcelona Sants. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Alicante to Barcelona?
Traveling from Alicante to Barcelona by Flight costs €38.49 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 3h 33m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Alicante to Barcelona?
Fares for the Train from Alicante to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Alicante to Barcelona produce?
The Train from Alicante to Barcelona produces about 13.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 407 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Alicante to Barcelona?
Operators on the Train from Alicante to Barcelona publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 33m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Barcelona on September 17, 2026: 407 km of route against 407 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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